Article
[Interferon therapy for acute hepatitis C; changes in serum markers associated with HCV and clinical effects].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Jul 1994
Fukui S, Tohyama H, Iwabuchi S
Abstract excerpt
In order to prevent the progression to chronicity of acute hepatitis C, we treated 22 patients with natural human alpha or beta interferon (IFN) in varying doses (3-6 megaunit) daily, for 4 weeks everyday or TIW for 8 weeks. 14 (63.6%) of the 22 patients was cured with IFN therapy. According to the level of serum HCV RNA, 5 (83%) of the 6 patients with more than 10(5) copies/ml were progressed to chronicity,...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Biomarkers
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis Antibodies
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatitis C Antibodies
- Humans
- Interferon-alpha
